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Do your patients need CODA services?

Good news: It just got easier for providers in our community to connect patients to medication-assisted treatment and other services at CODA! Check out the new page and easy-to-use pdf. Download, fill it out, send …

6/14/2019

News, Service Updates,

Another opioid case settles

From the Washington Post: “The state of Oklahoma settled Sunday with a second drug company over its role in the deadly opioid epidemic, reaching an $85 million agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals just two days before a …

5/27/2019

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Oversized check to CODA for $1000 from AVID students at Liberty High School (Hilsboro, Oregon)

CODA gets student-powered grant!

CODA is honored to be chosen by AVID students at Liberty High School (Hillsboro, Oregon) for a grant to educate their peers about substance abuse. Rose Gerber, CODA Development and Events Manager, accepts the check below.

5/16/2019

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CODA closer to bringing much-needed treatment to Seaside

Earlier this month, representatives from the Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization, Greater Oregon Behavioral Health Inc., and CODA shared with the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners how a clinic providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use …

5/1/2019

News, Service Updates,

Hartnett to retire, Alison Noice named Acting Executive Director

CODA’s Executive Director Tim Hartnett announced his retirement today (April 22, 2019), along with the news that Deputy Director Alison Noice will become Acting Executive Director on May 1. Tim will assume the role of …

4/22/2019

News, Personnel,

Powerful radio

Have you heard about the play, “American Junkie?” Now in performance at Seattle’s Repertory Theatre, it is a remarkable creation of playwright Tom Hansen. This is a frank, intelligent radio discussion on KEXP by Hansen, …

3/7/2019

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Harm reduction, and a tale of two cities

This well-written and carefully reported article in The Nation looks at the dramatically different responses to opioid epidemic in Philadelphia and Vancouver, BC. The quotes from the determined activists who work behind these efforts are …

2/25/2019

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Pro athletes and the opioid epidemic

Professional athletes, particularly football players, are often caught up in the opioid epidemic, typically because of the heavy amounts of painkillers they are given in order to play at the pro level. This New York …

2/22/2019

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CODA services needed on Oregon coast

The Oregon coast is in dire need of treatment services for substance use disorders, and CODA is in discussion with local officials and citizens about creating a program in Seaside. Read R.J.Marx of the Daily …

2/14/2019

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“American Overdose” takes tough look at crisis

New books on the opioid epidemic are popping up on shelves with great regularity now. The latest, and one of the most promising, is “American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts” by Chris McGreal. …

1/3/2019

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The inside info on lawsuits against opioid makers

This is a grim summary of realities in some of the lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, and definitely worth reading. Barry Meier, the author of this opinion piece in The New York Times, is an outspoken …

12/26/2018

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Reading wide and deep on opioids

The role of pharmaceutical companies in the opioid epidemic has been reported widely and analyzed in minute detail. We know the basic story: Research for lifesaving medicines morphs into deep, institutionalized greed. There’s more to …

12/23/2018

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